North Qld PHN
Dear Department of Health,
I request all working papers, information, data, submissions, emails from NQPHN in relation to Call My Doctor Pty.
This NGO is funded by Health and the Australian Taxpayers. This is need to demonstrate corruption, misleading divisiveness and criminal behaviour of The Staff and Directors of NQPHN
Yours faithfully,
Lindsay Stewart
Dear Mr Stewart
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Regards
FOI Officer
FOI and Legislation Section
Legal & Assurance Division | Corporate Operations Group
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Australian Government Department of Health
T: 02 6289 1666 | E: [Health request email]
GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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From: Lindsay Stewart <[FOI #5729 email]>
Sent: Monday, 21 October 2019 8:30 AM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - North Qld PHN [SEC=No Protective Marking]
Dear Department of Health,
I request all working papers, information, data, submissions, emails from NQPHN in relation to Call My Doctor Pty.
This NGO is funded by Health and the Australian Taxpayers. This is need to demonstrate corruption, misleading divisiveness and criminal behaviour of The Staff and Directors of NQPHN
Yours faithfully,
Lindsay Stewart
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Dear Mr Stewart
I refer to your request of FOI 1374 to the Department of Health
(department) seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act) to the following documents:
‘all working papers, information, data, submissions, emails from NQPHN in
relation to Call My Doctor Pty.’
Notice of Third Party Consultation
It appears, from the documents to which you seek access, that a third
party may reasonably wish to make a contention concerning possible
exemption of some of the documents. Accordingly, Ms Kristin English,
Director, FOI & Legislation Support Section, an officer authorised under
section 23(1) of the FOI Act to make decisions in relation to freedom of
information requests, has determined the requirements of sections 27 and
27A of the FOI Act make it appropriate to extend the time frame for
dealing with your request.
Pursuant to section 15(6) of the FOI Act, the period for providing you
with a decision has been extended by a further period of 30 days. This
means the department must, not later than 60 calendar days after the day
on which your request was received, take all reasonable steps to notify
you of a decision on your request.
The period of 60 calendar days is, however, suspended by virtue of the
Notice of Liability to Pay a Charge below.
Notice of Liability to Pay a Charge
Ms English has decided you are liable to pay a charge in respect of the
processing of your request.
Preliminary Assessment
In accordance with section 29 of the FOI Act and the Freedom of
Information (Charges) Regulations 2019, my preliminary assessment of the
charge you are liable to pay is $98.75.
This has been calculated as follows:
search and 2.1 $31.50
retrieval hours
time @
(including $15.00
time spent per
locating hour
relevant
files and
collating
relevant
documents
contained on
those files)
decision 8.3625 $167.25
making time hours
(including @
time spent $20.00
examining the per ($100.00)
documents, hour
considering
exemptions,
undertaking
consultation, Less
writing the first
decision and 5
preparing any hours
documents for free
release)
TOTAL $98.75
Deposit
Ms English has also decided you are required to pay a deposit of $20.00.
Payment of a deposit is taken as your authority to proceed with processing
of your request and your agreement to pay the full charge in which case
you will become liable to the Commonwealth for the full cost of processing
the charge.
Payment
The department can accept credit card, money order or cheque payments.
If you choose to pay by cheque (personal or bank) or money order it should
be sent to the following:
FOI Unit (MDP 516)
Department of Health
GPO Box 9848
CANBERRA ACT 2601
If you wish to pay by credit card, please contact the department’s FOI
unit on (02) 6289 1666 to be further advised.
Response
Under the FOI Act, you have 30 days to respond in writing to this notice.
You must, within 30 days after this notice is given, do one of the
following things: (i) agree with the department’s estimate and pay the
deposit or whole charge if no deposit is listed, or (ii) advise the
department in writing you contend the charge has been wrongly assessed, or
should be reduced or not imposed, giving reasons for your contention, or
(iii) advise the department in writing you withdraw the request for access
to the documents concerned. Please send your response to the above postal
address or [1]this email address. If you do not provide a response within
30 days, your freedom of information request will be taken to have been
withdrawn.
If you choose to make a contention the charge should be reduced or not
imposed, the department must, in making a decision on your contention,
take into account the matters set out in section 29(5) of the FOI Act or
any relevant matter.
Processing time
Processing of your request and counting the 60 calendar days are suspended
from the date you receive this notice and resume either when you pay the
deposit or when any contention you make about the charge has been
resolved.
Relevant provisions
The FOI Act, including the provisions referred to in this email, can be
accessed from the Federal Register of Legislation website.
If you require clarification of any of the matters discussed in this email
you should contact the department’s FOI Unit on (02) 6289 1666, or by
email at [2][email address].
Kind regards
François Murat
FOI & Legislation Support Section
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Legal & Assurane Division | Corporate Operations Group
Legal Advice & Legislation Branch
Australian Government Department of Health
T: 02 6289 1666 | E: [4][email address]
GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
The Department of Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of
Australia and their continued connection to land, sea and community. We
pay our respects to all Elders past and present.
If you receive this email in error, please delete it and contact the
sender immediately.
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